Lingui County is located in the western suburb of Guilin, which is the best landscape in the world. The county seat is Guilin Xicheng Industrial Development Zone, 6 kilometers away from downtown Guilin. Jianxian County was founded in Ding Yuan in the sixth year of Han Dynasty (A.D.11), which has been more than 2,000 years. From the Three Kingdoms to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Lingui County was the seat of county, state, road and government, and was called "the capital of Guangxi". It has been valued by rulers of past dynasties. Lingui Town, now the county seat, is located in the east of the central part of the county seat, which is 10 km away from the center of Guilin in the east. It moved here in 1975 and became the political, economic and cultural center of the county seat. Lingui is a land of geomantic omen, and there are many talented people in history. Zhao Guanwen, the first champion in Guangxi history, came from Lingui. Since the Tang Dynasty, Lingui has produced five champions, two second champions and 29/kloc-0 champions, which is known as the "hometown of champions". Chen Hongmou, a famous minister in Qing Dynasty, was a prince of Dongge, a teacher and a university student (prime minister). His great-grandson Chen Jichang is the common subject of "five generations under one roof". In modern times, Li Zongren, acting president of the National Government, Bai Chongxi, a senior general of the Kuomintang known as "Little Zhuge", and other former general Li Tianyou, the chief of staff of the China People's Liberation Army, who led the Guangxi Department and made outstanding achievements in military service, emerged. 1At the Atlanta Olympic Games in July, 1996, Lingui athletes Tang Lingsheng and Xiao Jiangang won the Olympic weightlifting gold medals of 59 kg and 64 kg respectively. Tongquan County has a population of 450,000 (agricultural population of 395,000 and non-agricultural population of 55,000), including 3 100 ethnic minorities. Jurisdiction over eight townships and six towns, 165 village (neighborhood) committees. The county has a total area of 2,202 square kilometers, including land area of 2 1, 7 1.83 square kilometers (cultivated land area of 3,5441hectare, paddy field of 28,494 hectares and dry land of 6,947 hectares), water area of 30. 17 square kilometers and forest area of/kloc.
The county has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 4 townships and 2 ethnic townships: Lingui Town, Wu Tong Town, Liutang Town, Liangjiang Town, Huixian Town, Nanbianshan Township, Sitang Township, Zhong Yong Township, Chadian Township, Wantian Yao Township and Huangsha Yao Township.
In the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), Lingnan was unified and Guilin County, Elephant County and Nanhai County were established. Now Lingui County belongs to Guilin County.